Zahan and Jubly v Aly Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCATAP 55

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Zahan and Jubly v Aly Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCATAP 55 Hearing dates: 12 February 2024 Date of orders: 08 April 2024 Decision date: 08 April 2024 Jurisdiction: Appeal Panel Before: S Thode, Principal Member D Fairlie, Senior Member Decision: (1) Appeal allowed. (2) Set aside order 1 made by the Tribunal on 20 October 2023 in proceedings HB 22/54066 and in substitution order that those proceedings be dismissed. Catchwords: APPEALS — res judicata — abuse of process — quantum meruit Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Home Building Act 1989 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allsop v Banner Jones Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 7 Carl Zeiss Stiftung v Rayner and Keeler Ltd (No 2) [1967] 1 AC 853 HSBC Trustee v Lu [2021] HKCFI 153 John Prendergast & Vanessa Prendergast v Western Murray Irrigation Ltd [2014] NSWCATAP 69 Lo Kai Shui V HSBC International Trustee Ltd [2021] HKCU 2551; [2021] HKCFI 1539 Tomlinson v Ramsey Food Processing (2015) 256 CLR 507; [2015] HCA 28 Texts Cited: K R Handley, Spencer Bower and Handley: Res Judicata (5th ed, 2019, LexisNexis) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mohd Zahan (First Appellant) Farzana Jubly (Second Appellant)) Aly Pty Ltd (Respondent) (no appearance) Representation: Solicitors: First Appellant (self-represented) Second Appellant (self-represented) Respondent (self-represented) File Number(s): 2023/00345109 Publication restriction: Nil Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Jurisdiction: Consumer and Commercial Division Citation: [2023] NSWCATCD Date of Decision: 20 October 2023 Before: J Alder, General Member File Number(s): HB 22/54066